Editors reading the Sunday comics, December 1941

The slot was a typical part of most newspaper offices before the advent of computers. Here at a u-shaped arrangement of desks, the paper's copy editors made corrections to wire service and locally-written material. The "slot man," who sat in the middle, made the final edits. He then called for a copy boy, gave him the edited copy, and sent him off to the typographers who made up the page.In this 1941 photo, Post-Intelligencer slot man Ross McConnell (r.) and several copy editors read the Sunday comics section in the slot. Because comics generally came from a syndicator and were used without corrections, the editors are probably just enjoying themselves.